County Clerk has birth and death records from 1853<br>Marriage and land records from 1804<br>Military records 1918<br>Circuit Court Clerk has divorce and court records<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Mason County, West Virginia. Page 744 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>

[http://www.masoncounty.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx Mason County, West Virginia]

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For animated maps illustrating West Virginia county boundary changes, [http://www.mapofus.org/westvirginia/ "Rotating Formation West Virginia County Boundary Maps"] (1617-1995) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

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See an interactive map of Mason County [http://www.n2genealogy.com/westvirginia/wv-maps.html boundary changes].

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For a list of record loss in West Virginia counties see: [http://www.genealogyinc.com/westvirginia/wv-counties/#courthouse West Virginia Counties with Burned Courthouses]

*'''[Henderson]''' Crozier, William Armstrong. ''Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families.'' New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/virginiaheraldic00croz Internet Archive] - free.

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*'''[Hornish]''' [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/324543?availability=Family%20History%20Library Hornish family records : some of the descendants of Martin B. Hornish and Helena Rupert of Point Pleasant, now West Virginia (ca. 1824), Centreville, Wayne County, Indiana (ca. 1829 to 1856), and Tazewell and Peoria Counties, Illinois (1856- )]

*'''[Somerville]''' [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/128122?availability=Family%20History%20Library A brief biographical sketch of the Somerville family for seven generations : written from the reunion at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, July 4, 1904] digital view.

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*[http://www.mapofus.org/westvirginia/ Maps of West Virginia (1617-1995)]

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*[http://maps.google.com/maps?rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=&safe=active&q=Mason+County,+West+Virginia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x884890efeeea91ad:0xa96cb1fa37003159,Mason,+WV&gl=us&ei=sXuYT721AqSi2gWBuqCiBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CCsQ8gEwAQ Mason County, West Virginia Map]

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[http://maps.google.com/maps?rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=&safe=active&q=Mason+County,+West+Virginia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x884890efeeea91ad:0xa96cb1fa37003159,Mason,+WV&gl=us&ei=sXuYT721AqSi2gWBuqCiBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CCsQ8gEwAQ Mason County, West Virginia Map]

*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/worldwar/westvirginia/mason.htm Mason County, West Virginia World War II Casualties Army and Air Force]

*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/worldwar/westvirginia/mason.htm Mason County, West Virginia World War II Casualties Army and Air Force]

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Mason County men served in the 106th Virginia Regiment.<ref>Stuart Lee Butler, ''A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812'' (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 134. {{FHL|669440|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2bs}}.</ref>

West Virginia real and personal property tax records are managed by the County Assessor in each county. Land and land improvements are considered real property while mobile property is classified as personal property.

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[http://www.wvgenweb.org/mason/births/mcbirths.html Mason County, West Virginia Births]

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Many County Assessors offer an online searchable database, where assessment record searches can be performed by name, account number, year, or mp/parcel number. Where online records are not available, requests for records can be made to the Assessment Office in person, by phone, or in writing.

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[http://www.wvgenweb.org/mason/marriages/mcmsuname.html Mason County, West Virginia Marriages]

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The search for tax information can start [http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/West-Virginia-Assessor-and-Property-Tax-Records.htm here]

[Henderson] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Revolutionary War

A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Bookset. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Mason County on page 135.]

[1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Mason County is included in Vol. 6.]

Online West Virginia Tax site

West Virginia real and personal property tax records are managed by the County Assessor in each county. Land and land improvements are considered real property while mobile property is classified as personal property.

Many County Assessors offer an online searchable database, where assessment record searches can be performed by name, account number, year, or mp/parcel number. Where online records are not available, requests for records can be made to the Assessment Office in person, by phone, or in writing.